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reˈpublicanism
[f. prec. + -ism: cf. F. républicanisme (18th c.).]
1. Republican spirit; attachment or adherence to republican principles; republican government or institutions, etc.
1689D. Granville Lett. (Surtees, No. 37) 71 The contagion of the age, the spirit of popularity and republicanisme. 1715Addison Freeholder No. 29 ⁋6 For with some of these men, at present, loyalty to our king is Republicanism, and rebellion Passive-obedience. 1779–81Johnson L.P., Milton (1868) 63 Milton's republicanism was, I am afraid, founded in an envious hatred of greatness. 1800Syd. Smith Six Serm. 110 There are many men of..approved integrity, who have unjustly incurred the charge of republicanism. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. vii. 129 Tyranny seems..better adapted to these countries than republicanism. 1853J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. (1873) II. i. iv. 180 England herself once attempted the costume of republicanism.
2. Something having a republican character or tone; a republican term or phrase.
1863Hawthorne Our Old Home (1879) 49 With..kindly endurance of the many rough republicanisms wherewith I assailed him. |